The tournament isn’t until tomorrow, so we decide to scope out the arena today. Up close, it’s even more impressive than it was from the airship. The maze, which appeared to be made of white st...
2025-07-07 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe next night, we track Zyneth with the obsidian dagger we made for him. This works exceptionally well, until he plants it in an empty room to lure us into a trap. The night after that, he leaves ...
2025-07-04 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt takes me a moment to even realize the airship has begun to move. Unlike the little ship Flint had flown us in to reach the Drifting Isles, the Sun Skimmer carries over twenty crew membe...
2025-07-02 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostWe say our goodbyes the next morning, and Noli hands me a stack of blank papers magically addressed to their inn. She tells us if they leave, she’ll have the inn forward the letters to their next...
2025-06-30 12:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostUnsurprisingly, Siqi’s office reveals no indication of when Siqi intends to return to the Academy. I also don’t have any luck finding notes on void magic. There are certainly some kind...
2025-06-27 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostOnce we make it down the shore, the streets and canals are even wider than they appeared from afar. It's not hard to see why this is the capital of Valenia South.
Although the city's pr...
2025-06-25 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the number of scarves and heavy coats that have begun to adorn the citizens of Harrowood, a hint of winter seems to be in the air, but Caecius's workshop glows with warmth.
“It's...
2025-06-23 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we get back to the Dainty Drake, Noli is already waiting for us at a table with her wife, Rezira. The inn has become familiar stomping grounds by now; enough so that people have stopp...
2025-06-21 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWe crouch low behind the wall, sending a flicker of our void out to peer around the corner. Only one of Lusio’s two moons is glowing overhead, painting deep shadows between the buildings, but our...
2025-06-18 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
As you know, Book 1 of Friendly Fyre will be publishing in July. As a show of thanks, between now and July 13th, you can download a free, polished copy of the book.
Than...
2025-06-17 03:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Hey guys, I know I said I'd start posting Kanin Fyre today but it's after midnight and I haven't had a chance to reread the first chapter yet and I have just been ju...
2025-06-16 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAnd with the epilogue posted, book 2 of Friendly Fyre has finished!
As you might have gathered from the ending, the next book I post will be a crossover between Kanin and Fyre. I've really be...
2025-06-09 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“That should do it,” Dizzi says, straightening up as she claps dust off her hands and plants them on her hips. She looks critically at the spell circle beneath her. “We’ve double and triple...
2025-06-09 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostTen days passes a lot faster than you would think when hitting the time limit means your city falls out of the sky.
After our initial exciting foray into the Drifting Isles, we return with mu...
2025-06-06 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostA wave blasts into us, knocking everyone but Ollie from their feet. My fingers drag through the flooded grass as I try to claw my way to a stop. The air resonates with a deep roar—not Ollie’s r...
2025-06-04 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostI have Ollie land on the nearest floating rock so we can take stock of our surroundings. It’s a wide, flat surface, at least a hundred meters across, overgrown with wild grass and speckled with t...
2025-06-02 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWater Kanin is officially complete! (And on the first day of Pride, no less.) But his story is far from over. Right now, I've roughly outlined the plans for an 8 book series.
I'm a little ov...
2025-06-01 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Kanin, enough!” Zyneth says, jerking the blade away and stuffing it back into its sheath as we release our hold on it. He jabs a finger into the back of our void. “Let go of me. It was a tri...
2025-06-01 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWith Attiru’s compass, it only takes three weeks to reach the Drifting Isles, but in that time I notice a decline in Sandro’s mental health. His Sanity Stat is at 77% now, and it was about when...
2025-05-30 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostA week into our journey, an airship approaches our city. It isn’t the first, and it certainly won’t be the last, but this one is familiar. Its balloon is bright red.
“Captain Marlowe,...
2025-05-28 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWith Captain Marlowe still on his way to deliver the Drifting Isles tracker, we’re left to predict the Ruin’s path on our own. Based on the data the wind mage conclave sent us, we can roughly d...
2025-05-26 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostAs Zyneth leaves, he rests a hand on his dagger, nervously drumming his fingers over the hilt. I anxiously watch as they round the corner of a building and pass out of sight. I guess that’s it. N...
2025-05-25 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Lisari,” I greet with a flat tone. “I’m surprised you wanted to chat.”
“You are?” she asks, feigning surprise. The god leans back toward the balcony until she’s hanging from ...
2025-05-23 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostIt had started as a search for dragons. Once we figured out that Sandro’s Role Requirement counted anything from the dracus family as “dragons,” our options widened significantly.
There...
2025-05-21 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I wake up, my room is dark. It’s the middle of the night. I shift in my bed, the blankets hushing around me, as I wonder what woke me up. Everything is quiet.
I gently reach out to Oll...
2025-05-19 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Erm, what do you mean, you know me?” I ask, nervous. Does this have something to do with those… feelings I got when she touched my vial? The sensation that I was missing something. ...
2025-05-18 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostNo one aboard the Fortress knows of any spells to help with anxiety, though they do seem to believe something like that exists within the field of Life arcana. We have a couple healers in the city,...
2025-05-16 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I have a chance to read the scrolls I purchased to research dragons, they’re less illuminating than I wanted them to be. One of them is about the value of dragon bones and scales, and the ar...
2025-05-14 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I'm excited to share that A Little Salty is publishing on Amazon / KU today! It would SUPER help me out if you left a review (if you've read the book) or checked out a copy (if you ...
2025-05-12 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSandro is… a handful.
The Shroud, at least, pretty much leaves everyone alone; it’s too busy tripping Sandro up by wrapping itself around his body at every possible threat. Threats includ...
2025-05-12 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post